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Free HIV Testing Do You Know Your Status?

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The Lake County Health Department invites the public to take advantage of FREE HIV testing offered every month at the following locations:
No appointment necessary
Third Thursday of every month, 9 a.m. - noon, Leesburg Community Medical Center, 1210 W. Main Street, Leesburg
First Thursday of every month, 8 a.m. until noon, Life Streams Behavioral Center, 2018 Tally Road, Leesburg
In 2008, the State of Florida had 4,957 new identified cases of AIDS (Rate 26.23) and 7,588 newly identified cases of HIV (Rate 40.16). These numbers represent a 6% (AIDS) and 7% (HIV) increase in rates when compared to 2007. Lake County rates for newly identified case of AIDS and HIV decreased by a little over 4.5% from 2007 to 2008. Although statistically, it appears that locally, we are trending in the right direction, it is important to know that every 9 1⁄2 minutes, another person in the United States becomes infected with HIV.
For more information, please contact the Lake County Health Department’s Disease Control Program office at 352-357-1668, X 2133.